u/Far_Pumpkin_2207

Hi all,

Forced my mother to do a full body Prenuvo MRI scan last month because she has been a major addict and we just lost a parent 3 years ago to addiction. She’ll drink nail polish remover or Listerine to get her fix at times and will go through an entire bottle (handle) of Fireball or Russian Stolichyna Vodka a day.

She won’t stop. Eating junk food and sweets too. How bad is this? She doesn’t exercise, she can make herself look pretty when she wants to, she’s been to rehab facilities and sober living over 15 times the last 20 years.

Please help. We want to save our mother. I don’t even think she’ll be eligible for a transplant because she just won’t stop. She even took 3 Tylenol PM yesterday which is horrendous for your liver last night to get to sleep.

We live on an island, there are no heptologists here nor are there any doctors for 2 hours driving one way. It’s just nurse practitioners and very poor medical care and doctors around here. What can we do?

So I’ve had like 5 speeding tickets over the last 10 years of driving across 46 states but all got either dismissed or reduced to non moving violations. Arrested once and it got dismissed with prejudice and is pending expungement. Got sued for an accident and owe a judgment that hasn’t been paid. Other credit card accounts are charged off and lowering my credit. Been sued for the accident and debt. Crazy identity theft for the last 11 years and it’s screwed my credit pretty bad. Amounts are disputed and sometimes full outright accounts. But I’ve been fighting to get it off my record and credit - it’s just a long arduous process. Especially if the creditor is saying I do owe x amount of charges when I’m saying I don’t. I didn’t do my taxes this year yet and got an extension til October. Think that’s all the red flags.

I was told as long as you disclose everything you’re solid. My C&F has been pending for like 7 months. At this point I’m worried. But I’ve seen people in prison, drug mules, and like crazy stuff end up being barred. A lot of really crooked attorneys out there. I’m questioning how and if they just omitted all these things off their application? I gave the C&F literally everything - all my clean laundry and dirty laundry (and some skid marks that I didn’t think were an issue or even realize at all until they brought it up to clarify). I’ve filed double digit small claims lawsuits (and most got settled before trial, never went to trial, or I won). I’ve only lost a few.

How strict are they here?

What if I got terminated from a temporary position (internship)? Or they can’t verify with an employer 10 years ago I actually worked there?

Idk I’m freaking out. Reddit deep dives give me solace but also cause me to freak out more. I don’t like this. If C&F isn’t completed within one year of passing the exam, your score gets cancelled. Seems a bit insane. Like I can’t transfer my UBE score if it’s cancelled?

Based off my processor’s messages and emails to me, they clearly do not like me. My attorney friends are telling me to be respectful no matter what otherwise they can “screw with you” and delay your C&F for like 8 months to a year.

They gave me a stern message saying that if they need anything from me, they’ll reach out and let me know.

Just got the email that coming late July my credit card accounts at Discover will be fully merged with Capital One.

I’ve been in good standing with Discover for nearly a decade and made all payments automatically on time. It’s the only credit cards I have. I’m worried too because I just got the email of the full merger between Capital One. Capital One approved a card from me 2 years ago and then closed it down immediately giving no reason why. I had one about 10 years ago that got discharged due to identity theft. They’ve never let me have another one.

I am very worried they will instantly see my Discover accounts, albeit in perfect standing, and automatically close those. Then I will have no credit cards at all and I currently have like a $25,000 limit on those 2.

Capital One wouldn’t even bother answering my calls or emails 2-3 years ago when they closed my credit card account randomly. Very worried. I’ve paid all my Discover cards in full on autopay for about a decade. This is beyond nerve wrecking.

If they suddenly close my accounts my credit will probably go down from 700 to like 500 or 400 since I’ll have no credits - just a mortgage - on the account with everything else being closed. I hate this. I can’t be applying for new credit cards either right now. I feel so screwed.

Considering Oregon. Heard it’s much easier for people with strong essay scores and MPT scores (but also heard that many people that thought they passed didn’t). Should I retake the legacy UBE for a 3rd time or do NextGen?

Only downside to taking Oregon is that NY and FL refuse to allow NextGen scores transferred into their state until after you take the NextGen in July 2028. But I’ve got a feeling their courts will retroactively validate scores from the July 2026 exam.

Hi everyone,

I’ve put this exam off for over 3 years due to nerves and finally gave it a shot last July and got a 256.2 (136.1 MEE and 120.1 MBE). Horrible especially the MBE.

This time around I got a 265 (143.2 on MEE and 121.8 on MBE). My MBE is terrible. But multiple choice for me has always been an absolute nightmare (SAT, ACT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT, MPRE, Bar).

I missed my personal cut off scores by 1 for both this past MPRE (84 out of 86 wanted), and a 265 for the Bar. I’m devastated but telling myself that I passed for at least 10 jurisdictions. But these are jurisdictions that I don’t see myself in long term.

I’ve gone absolutely nuts with studying and taking this exam, as well as putting it off for so long. And I was hoping I’d pass this time with a 266 or 270 so I’d never have to take it again. And then I was going to take CA’s Bar exam this summer because I want to be barred and work in CA eventually (but I was told CA has a requirement of a 140 MBE or something which is near impossible for me currently to jump 20+ points considering I did some things different for February and it only went up by 1.7 points - granted yes, I know the 10-15 point July boost for the MBE wasn’t there but that’s the cards we were dealt for February). Because I’m so terrible at multiple choice and the MBE, I was hoping to practice for 3 years somewhere like IL, DC, NY and then taking the attorneys bar exam for CA since my writing scores aren’t that bad (136.1 last July and 143.8 this February). Hoping that would be easiest for me.

I don’t know. I’ve put my life on hold for going on 4 years now for this exam and I’ve got so much stressors and things I have to do (lawsuits, health issues, family dying). And you know - I did pass for the jx I took it in. I did pass for the state I’m currently living in. I guess I can practice in any state technically especially working for the federal government, or in house somewhere, and wait for the reciprocity timer. But I missed it by 1 point.

What would you guys do if you were me? Throw the towel in and:
A.) work wherever you want and wait for the reciprocity timer to waive in;
B.) take CA’s Bar exam since I’m going to have to take it eventually anyways (despite the risk of my MBE being 20 points below their cutoff);
C.) retake the UBE to try and achieve a 270 score (only states registration remaining I know of administering legacy UBE is Maine and Pennsylvania)?

Hi everyone,

I’ve put this exam off for over 3 years due to nerves and finally gave it a shot last July and got a 256.2 (136.1 MEE and 120.1 MBE). Horrible especially the MBE.

This time around I got a 265 (143.2 on MEE and 121.8 on MBE). My MBE is terrible. But multiple choice for me has always been an absolute nightmare (SAT, ACT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT, MPRE, Bar).

I missed my personal cut off scores by 1 for both this past MPRE (84 out of 86 wanted), and a 265 for the Bar. I’m devastated but telling myself that I passed for at least 10 jurisdictions. But these are jurisdictions that I don’t see myself in long term.

I’ve gone absolutely nuts with studying and taking this exam, as well as putting it off for so long. And I was hoping I’d pass this time with a 266 or 270 so I’d never have to take it again. And then I was going to take CA’s Bar exam this summer because I want to be barred and work in CA eventually (but I was told CA has a requirement of a 140 MBE or something which is near impossible for me currently to jump 20+ points considering I did some things different for February and it only went up by 1.7 points - granted yes, I know the 10-15 point July boost for the MBE wasn’t there but that’s the cards we were dealt for February). Because I’m so terrible at multiple choice and the MBE, I was hoping to practice for 3 years somewhere like IL, DC, NY and then taking the attorneys bar exam for CA since my writing scores aren’t that bad (136.1 last July and 143.8 this February). Hoping that would be easiest for me.

I don’t know. I’ve put my life on hold for going on 4 years now for this exam and I’ve got so much stressors and things I have to do (lawsuits, health issues, family dying). And you know - I did pass for the jx I took it in. I did pass for the state I’m currently living in. I guess I can practice in any state technically especially working for the federal government, or in house somewhere, and wait for the reciprocity timer. But I missed it by 1 point.

What would you guys do if you were me? Throw the towel in and:
A.) work wherever you want and wait for the reciprocity timer to waive in;
B.) take CA’s Bar exam since I’m going to have to take it eventually anyways (despite the risk of my MBE being 20 points below their cutoff);
C.) retake the UBE to try and achieve a 270 score (only states registration remaining I know of administering legacy UBE is Maine and Pennsylvania)?

Makes sense for all the inflammation I’ve been having in my body. But I barely drink! Maybe 1-3x a month MAX! I’ve gained a lot of weight the last 6 years off and on. When I lose a lot of weight and starve myself, I get so much more energy for that week or few days of fasting! I’m wondering if that has something to do with it? I’ve always been about 6’ and 160-165 tops and now I’m at almost 190-195 so not good. Is weight really the only factor here? I was on 30+ different pills and supplements from 2017-2025 and didn’t realize they were making me worse. I’m down to 5-8 a night now. I just want to get rid of the bloating, inflammation, pain, severe fatigue, etc.

I’m very confused right now and don’t ever want to have to sit through another Bar exam after flunking it in a 270 jx last July and then passing in a 260 jx this February with a 265. I would’ve been very happy with a 266 so I could go to IL, DC, and NY and then take CA’s exam or FL’s.

Debating whether to retake the UBE or CA’s exam this summer. But can’t take it in any of the states I have a passing score in.

So the 10 states I’m eligible for (Washington, Missouri, Minnesota, Utah, New Mexico, Indiana, Oklahoma, Iowa, and 2 other I’m forgetting) I don’t really want to move to any of those places or work there at all. But for reciprocity I’m told I just need 3 years of practice before waiving in to IL and DC… and NY is requiring like 5 years.

Do I actually have to be practicing nonstop for 3 years to be eligible? Or can I just set up shop as being in an active Bar status and be a sole practitioner for those years? I’m also told that I can work in other states like CA by just being barred in one state and being admitted federally? How does this work?

Or I can work as in house counsel in any state as long as I’m eligible/ barred in some state.

Please let me know if anyone has done this. Tips and advice if I should just start practicing or take the damn thing again 🤦‍♂️

What was it like? Why do you think the pass rate is so low for a jurisdiction that seats less than 150 examinees every July? How was the hotel test environment? How was the C&F? Did you feel like the MEE graders were friendly and awarded points favorably?

I’m just worried because their statistics are pretty low for pass rates. I got a 265 in a 260 jx for Feb ‘26 but need a 270 which Maine provides. And Portland, ME is so close to Boston Law Schools like HLS, and MIT, Yale, Brown… I’m just confused if they’re even taking the exam up there or not (you wouldn’t know they don’t release statistics). But University of Maine or whatever has like a 90%+ pass rate published? I wonder what other law school students take the exam in Maine.

Please let me know as I’ve got to decide on what jurisdiction I’m applying to by today. And get all accommodation documentation in there as well (if you had accommodations in Maine, did they give you the same accommodations you previously had elsewhere?)

Sorry everyone. I’m going a bit crazy. I tried posting here about 3 weeks ago when my results came out but my account was too new and without karma to post.

TLDR: I took the Bar Exam for a second time from last July (July ‘25) was my first attempt in a 270 state. I can list excuses, but I ended with a 256.2 - 130.1 written (essay scores were average, one got like a 4/20, MPT 2 was near perfect with a 19/20) and 120.1 for MBE (I know, terrible).

Took it again per old tutor’s recommendation in an “easy” 260 UBE state - I got a 265. I passed for 10 states but I also failed by at least 1 point (0.25% of the exam) or 5 points for all 44 jurisdictions (1.25% of the exam). I am truly devastated I have to waste another year of my life, go through the hell that is no sleep, connections, late vampire hours, being unhealthy physically and mentally, the 60mg of adderall I have to take with Red Bull and other stimulants - it’s a dangerous combination and it’s at least a 4 day exam for me. I felt like I was having a heart attack this time around and praying to God I passed and don’t have to go through it again. But I do.

Need to find what is the best jurisdiction to ensure my 270 (or even a 266 pass rate i‘d be happy with) for July 2026 with registration deadlines looming and C&F doesn’t have to be completed and approved til after you pass the Bar exam.

Long Post: I graduated May 2023 and life sucked the hell out of me with family deaths and major health issues. Didn’t take the Bar til July 2025 and I failed by less than 1% (256.2 - 136.1 on writing and 120 MBE). Main reason I didn’t pass? Studied for about a month, and then on my last day I walked in over 15 minutes late and bubbled “B” in for 25 questions+ straight and well there you have it. What not to do on the Bar exam. Had I not done that I probably would’ve passed with flying colors and never had to take the UBE again and just take CA’s exam Feb 2026. Nope. Retook the Bar in a state recommended to me that was “easy.” It required a 260 to pass. Everyone knows the MBE average goes down as well as other parts of your score in February. I found out I “passed” but the SOB showed a score of 265. Are you joking? My MBE didn’t even improve this time around either (it was like 121.3 or something) and my writing score seems like it went barely up (144 or something).

I’m very depressed. I hate this exam and all the years it’s stolen from me while my friends are working in BigLaw or making partner and making 250-300k right out the door. And I’m just alone, isolated with no friends, no family, no partner and a big fat loser. 3 years down the drain. Had I taken this February 2026 exam in July, with July’s scaled score I would’ve passed. I would’ve been content even with a 266 - then I would be able to practice in IL, DC, NY… I’m just so upset. I wanted 2026 to be the year I was finally finished with these exams and take CA and be done with them all and now look. I’ll probably have to wait til Feb 2027 to take CA and February is when everyone does worse. So I feel screwed either way. Multiple choice has ALWAYS been incredibly hard for me and the bane of my existence on the SAT, ACT, LSAT, MPRE, and the Bar exam. I just hate this. I should be happy and yet I want to die. I can’t even retake this Bar exam in the same state I just completed it because my score was passing in that jurisdiction. Now what? Take the exam in a 266 jurisdiction or should I go back to Pennsylvania where I originally sat in a 270 jurisdiction? I don’t know how each scales what but I feel like if they’re at a 270, the graders will do their best to give people as many points as possible for being in a 270 jurisdiction. Or screw it and just take CA for July 2026 (which I’m told is a lot harder than the UBE, and requires like a 140 MBE score which is the hardest for me). And reciprocity for most states is like 3 to 7 years before I can practice which is BS so I HAVE to take the UBE yet again! I’m beyond upset, burnt out and frustrated. Or wait to take the attorney’s Bar exam in CA after 3+ years of practice to avoid the MBE again?

My options to register at this point for the legacy UBE are: Illinois (266 requirement), Pennsylvania (270), Maine (270), or Oregon (was a 270 but now on NextGen for July 2026 - which cannot be transferred to NY or FL until after they begin administering the NextGen UBE in July 2028). If I register in PA again it will be seamless - everything is already registered and approved for accommodations and I can just go. Illinois, Maine, and others I’d have to submit lengthy applications and forms to. Illinois has over 2,200+ July test takers and Pennsylvania has over 1,500+ for July. If I take it in Maine, it’s less than like 150 applicants and their Bar passage statistics aren’t great for that small size of a pool. But with my disabilities I’d be able to just sleep at the hotel and take the exam there without having to get in elevator traffic, walk 10-20 minutes one way to a convention center, security, check ins, etc. It’d be less stressful. I still have to fly from the West Coast to any of these places and pay thousands for a hotel but I want to go to the best place possible that I can finally pass with a 270 and never have to do this again. Will higher or lower pools of people be more beneficial to my essays? I took Feb ‘26 in a pool of less than 200 examinees and it went up by like 9 points for writing, still not great but idk. 

Update: Thanks for the kind words. I’m just embarrassed I have to take this again. Plus with CA it’s driving me wild (mainly because I never want to do the MBE again - I just fail when it comes to multiple choice answers). And then I would do Florida’s essay portion of the Bar exam, but I need an MBE score of like 140 to do so - which I’ve been way too far off from the last few administrations (120-121). I don’t think it’s fair had I taken this exam in July the way I currently did, I’d be awarded 10+ more points minimum based off the scale. And I’m kicking myself for what I did last July bubbling “B” in for 20+ questions straight. 

I’m seeing a lot of states retroactively lower their threshold scores from 270 to 260 or around there. Like Washington did that last year for the last 5 administrations. I’d be beyond pissed if I had studied my butt off and went through all this misery that is the Bar exam, loneliness, damage to my physical and mental health - to get a higher score only for them to retroactively allow you to transfer your original score. 

So I’m wondering if my target states (IL, NY, DC, ME, MA, AZ, TX) will do the same now that the NextGen Bar exam is rolling out in a bunch of states this summer (Oregon, Missouri, Washington and like 5 more). What would you do in my shoes? I don’t even know how reciprocity works but for IL and DC it requires like 3 years of practice to transfer and for NY it’s like 7 years… ridiculous. 

Would you take CA now since it’s going to be July and this would be the easiest time to take it? Wait for the NextGen CA Bar Exam? Or “take the gas off” and focus solely on getting a 270 in a 266 jurisdiction or higher (my options are taking it in Montana or Pennsylvania where I took it last July). I don’t know what to do. I should be elated but also extremely upset and disappointed in myself. I’m technically now a lawyer in a few states, but I got to go through this bullshit and hell at least a few more times. 

I did over 1200 questions on Adaptibar for July and only studied for a month. Cannot for the life of me do any video lectures. Tried the Grossman lectures for Adaptibar and don’t know how much that helped me for July felt like a waste of time. Same with Themis. Way too much content and only got through like 4 subjects. Videos and filling in notes were waste of time. 

Felt like just practicing MBE questions on Adaptibar, Themis, and UWorld was the best option for me. Only did 900+ MBE questions on Themis for February (and like an idiot - or maybe not who knows - did mainly the Themis written questions but not the NCBE UWorld official ones - but those didn’t help me on Adaptibar for the July 2025 exam!) But CLEARLY NOT if I got a 120 in July and a 121+ this time around in February too (without the excuse of running in 15 minutes late and bubbling “B” in for 20+ questions straight!). 

What would you do? This exam has made me lose my mind. 

If it weren’t for Themis overwhelming me by the content in 2023 and 2024 I would’ve taken the exam then. My friends and family forced me to just go take it both times the last year instead of continuing to ruminate and waste time based off massive test anxiety and fear of the unknown. NOW THEYRE CHANGING THE ENTIRE EXAM and we don’t know if NextGen is going to be easier or harder! Just so sick of it all. If the exam was administered at least 3 or 4 times per year I could manage. But 2x per year and then 2-3 months waiting for results is criminal. You feel like a complete loser til you can pass and get barred and hired. 

** and to clarify I took the July 2025 UBE in a 270 jurisdiction. But I got a 256.2 / 400. So I missed passing in any jurisdiction by 3.8 points - less than 1%. Not the 13.8 points needed for that jurisdiction. I took February 2026 in a 260 jurisdiction. And got a 265. Missing that 1-5 points needed to Bar me in all 44 UBE states. So now I missed passing by 0.25%-1.25% 🤦‍♂️. 

**update for the MBE portion:

So obviously MBE is my worst part of the exam. But looking back at scores July vs. now - my writing score went up by like 8 or 9 points in the 260 Jurisdiction (but they won’t release my scores for the written portions, nor my written materials like the 270 Jx did). 

And here’s what’s frustrating - I got a 120 scaled MBE score July 2025 despite bubbling “B” in for 20-25 questions straight. Themis tutors didn’t really know how I truly did because I guessed on 1/8th of the exam and likely would’ve passed based on my scores of 45-65% correct on licensed NCBE questions on Adaptibar. 

But looking at July’s score sheet, I made significant improvement in all areas (Evidence went from 2.9 to 37.3; Civ Pro went from 6.7 to 33; ConLaw went up from 14.1 to 26.8; Contracts went up from 8.9 to 17.2; Property went from 8.5 to 17.3; and Torts went down surprisingly from 51.5 to 47.3, and Crim Law went down from 20.1 to 17.6). Still atrocious MBE multiple choice scores. But with that significant improvement from July to February and I STILL got the same MBE score when I didn’t “mess up” and bubble B in for an entire column or was late at all. How? This isn’t fair. My MBE score based off July should be much higher than 120.1. I know the “July MBE Boost of 10-15 points” based off a lower mean in February could be it, but something seems to be very wrong. I would think I got at least 10-20 more MBE questions correct in February than I did in July, and I should be awarded those points accordingly - not based off this much lower and unfair “February scale.” And my low MBE score lowers my essay scores  too with this “scale.”

my comments or anything else won’t post and I need advice